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TalkGlitz Media ("we", "our" or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and safeguard your information when you visit talkglitz.media (the "Site"). Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the Site.
1. Information We Collect
Information you provide directly
- Newsletter subscription: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your name and email address via our third-party email provider (Mailchimp).
- Contact form: When you contact us, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message.
- Comments: If you leave a comment on our articles, we collect your name, email address and any content you submit. Your IP address may also be collected for spam prevention.
Information collected automatically
- Log data: Our servers automatically record information including your IP address, browser type, browser version, pages visited, time and date of visit, time spent on pages, and other statistics.
- Cookies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site. See our Cookie Policy for full details.
- Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our Site. This collects aggregated data about traffic, pageviews and behaviour.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To operate and improve the Site and its content
- To send our newsletter to subscribers (you can unsubscribe at any time)
- To respond to your enquiries and support requests
- To monitor and analyse usage and trends to improve user experience
- To detect and prevent fraud or abuse
- To comply with legal obligations
- To display personalised advertising (via third-party ad networks)
We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
3. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our Site. For detailed information about the specific cookies we use, their purposes and how to manage them, please see our Cookie Policy.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some portions of the Site may not function properly.
4. Third-Party Services
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites and may use third-party services including:
- Google Analytics — traffic and behaviour analytics (Google Privacy Policy)
- Mailchimp — email newsletter delivery (Mailchimp Privacy Policy)
- Advertising networks — we may display ads served by third-party ad networks that use cookies to personalise ads
- Social media platforms — embedded social media content and share buttons may collect data per their own privacy policies
- YouTube — embedded videos are served by YouTube and subject to Google's privacy policy
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
5. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate personal data
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data (the "right to be forgotten")
- Objection: Object to certain processing of your personal data
- Portability: Request transfer of your data to another service
- Unsubscribe: Opt out of our newsletter at any time via the unsubscribe link in any email
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including legal, accounting or reporting requirements. Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe. Contact form data is typically retained for up to 12 months.
7. Children's Privacy
Our Site is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
- By email: privacy@talkglitz.media
- Via our Contact Us page